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I am having problems with my seat belt sensor going off sporatically. The dealer says this is my purse in the seat causing the sensor to go off. My purse weighs 6 pounds but I still think this is a little light to trigger the sensor. It goes off on the same trip with the same purse when at another part of the trip it does not go off. The dealer says they replaced a seat sensor in July (recall) and it is just more sensitive now. But this did not happen immediately, and has happened 3 times in the last 10 days.

The dealer does not want to replace the sensor. Says it is my purse in the seat and I should just put the seatbelt around my purse! ARGH! This is a $40,000 plus car and I should not have to seatbelt my purse. Hubby and I have had 7 BMW's - this has never happened with any other BMW previous or present.

A 6-pack of beer will set it off too. The darn thing is way too sensitive. I just keep the seat belt buckled just to keep it from going off when I put anything in the passenger seat and when I'm transporting a 6-pack I put it behind the belt. It's nice to know my beer is buckled-up nice 'n safe!